Adult Still’S Disease Presenting With Different Clinical Manifestations

ALİ KUTLUCAN, BÜLENT KAYA, YUNUS UGAN, ŞEVKET ERCAN TUNÇ, FÜSUN ZEYNEP AKÇAM, MEHMET ŞAHİN, ONUR KAYA

  • Year : 2012
  • Vol : 28
  • Issue : 3
  •  Page : 184-186
Adult Still’s disease is a rare systemic inflammatory disease with unknown etiology and its pathogenesis has not been clarified yet. Since, there is no specific diagnostic test the diagnosis is made by clinical symptoms. It is characterized by high fever, arthralgia or arthiritis and transient maculopapular rash. Non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs, corticosteroids and immunosuppressive agents are used in the treatment. Here, we present two cases with unusual clinical manifestations which are diagnosed as adult Still’s disease.
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Adult Still’S Disease Presenting With Different Clinical Manifestations
, Vol. 28 (3)
Received : 23.08.2010, Accepted : 23.08.2010, Published Online : 13.08.2018
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